Health Liaison Group The Health Liaison Group

The Health Liaison Group is a small independent group of local residents concerned to improve the perceived quality of health services. Set up in March 2007, its main objectives are to:

1     discover and represent what local patients want from the NHS,
2     make contact with the Primary Care Trust and other official bodies,
3     improve communication between the local doctors' practice and its patients,
4     understand better how the practice runs, and the key issues affecting its future.

Bob Lee, the chairman of the group, was a member of the Suffolk Patient and Public Involvement Forum (PPIF) until it was dissolved. Other members are Claire Jay, Business Manager for the Long Melford Practice, Andrea Blackburn, Emma Schofield, Carolyn Silberfeld, Madeleine Sowden and Don Watson, together with Roger Kistruck from the Long Melford Parish Plan.

It would be nice to welcome new members from Lavenham and other villages, as today the group has more members from Long Melford than anywhere else. It meets roughly once a month in the evenings, so if you are interested, and can spare the time, please contact Bob Lee on 01787 881487 or Don Watson on 01787 379367.